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Fight hasn’t been ruled out as cause of Nex Benedict’s death, police say

www.nbcnews.com Fight hasn’t been ruled out as cause of Nex Benedict’s death, police say

A police spokesman said previous statements that Nex Benedict didn’t die as a result of “trauma” didn’t rule out the fight as a contributing factor.

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So the cops in previous statements were being purposefully misleading to help push the narrative that Nex died by suicide. That was obvious, but will this be enough to combat the bad faith misinformation being spread all over the fucking place?
- No. The misinformation has already done it's damage and can't truly be reversed. People who only looked at this in passing got their headline and are likely to pack this memory away as they first saw it. The others, well, even if there was no misinfo, they would have pretty much gone with a victim blaming narrative anyway, because they just hate them.
  
  The only hope now is that the correct story is what ends up being used by the authorities and anything to do with the case in regards to the legal industry.
  
  Unless the federal government gets involved (which hopefully, maybe?) Ryan Walters has already been under federal investigation for all the (very likely) embezzling for seemingly ages and nothing has happened there. Oklahoma is corrupt at its core and if it’s left up to Oklahomans there will be no justice.
  
  Idk, it’s just pretty terrifying as a transgender Oklahoman that if I’m murdered when I’m driving through a small town the cops would effortlessly be able to cover it up and come up with a story so that redditors could pick over my gender identity.
- I'm not quite sure why they think him dying by suicide because of the fight is any better.
  
  You’re right, it shouldn’t be any better. But to them it just confirms their belief that LGBTQ people are “mentally ill” and they can blame the suicide on their “lifestyle.” Ugh.
  
  They like when we kill ourselves. I don’t remember what the number is, but they’ll meme the percentage.
  
  Please edit the pronouns in this comment to avoid removal. I can see it's an honest mistake, but it still needs to be corrected.
  
  Please don’t misgender, read the article to learn Nex’s preferred pronouns.
  
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~~fight~~ Beating

FTFY NBC
She was beaten unconscious, then dropped dead the next day. Of course it's the cause of death, and I don't believe anyone who says otherwise.
- He/They was beaten unconscious...
  
  Her mother referred to her as she. But I'm sure you know better.

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